Here is an absolutely sensational new re-working of "All The Night Without Love" by Elvis Perkins in Dearland . Perkins and the band worked with producer and engineer Chris Shaw who has worked with Bob Dylan, Super Furry Animals, Public Enemy, Soul Asylum, Ted Leo, and others. It really captures Perkins and his band in a upbeat, yet still initimate state of being. All The Night Without Love - Elvis Perkins Elvis is currently on tour [...]
Let's just get this out of the way first. Elvis Perkins, the folksinger, has some serious drama in his family tree. His father was actor Anthony Perkins, who sadly perished from complications from AIDS when Elvis was in his teens. His mother was the photographer Berinthia Berenson Perkins, who was a victim of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as an unlucky passenger of Flight 11. The plane, carrying eighty-one passengers, nine flight attendants and two pilots, crashed into the World Trade Center, killing all aboard. But you already knew that. You might already have your own mixed [...]

I was not planning on posting these pictures from Okkervil River and Elvis Perkins In Deerland at the Bowery Ballroom two Saturdays ago until I realized that both Elvis and Will have hair that is out of control. The fauxhawk is new for Elvis and I am beginning to wonder if he was inspired on this tour by Will Sheff's messy "I just woke up" stylings. Regardless, it was great to hear Elvis with backing horns borrowed from Okkervil and see Will tear up their set list half way through their performance since they were playing [...]